About
My name is Evan Parness. In 2021 I graduated from Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, where I recieved a Bachelors of Science in Architecture and a Minor in Environmental Sustainability. I have focused my post-graduate career in the fields of Architecture and Sustainability, but have additional experience in the fields of Photography/Videography, Editorial Publication, Carpentry, Music Business, Graphic Design, Freelance Art Commissioning, Audio Engineering, Web Design, and Live Performance Set / Lighting Design.
I was the Creative Director for SHEI Magazine: a student-run editorial print and digital fashion publication (Print Photo Editor ‘19-20, Street Style Editor ‘18-19), President of Empty Mug Records: a student-run record label, and I’m an artist, musician, videographer, set/lighting designer, and a New Yorker.
I’m a co-founder and project manager for the New York Says Thank You Foundation, a non profit specializing in disaster relief through art therapy, community rebuilding projects, and bringing together survivors of tragedy to pay forward the help to future communities. NYSTY has worked with hundreds of thousands of volunteers in communities around the world, rebuilding homes and community centers after natural disasters, and spreading art created by volunteers globally to communities in the wake of natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and tragedies, inspiring hope and perseverance.
I aspire to take on every challenge that comes my way, addressing problems I see in the world through conscious design and lifestyle that works in harmony with the natural environment. I believe in the power of innovation for helping humanity achieve a sustainable and healthier built environment. I believe it is necessary to use architecture to address environmental and social justice. I am motivated to utilize my passion for design and sustainability to improve life within our built environments.
To contact me, please email me at: eparness@umich.edu
And to stay in touch on social media, follow my instagram where I post a lot of my work: @evanparness
PUBLICATIONS, FEATURES & ARTICLES
Rolling Stone
Photography Published - “Pictoria Vark Is Heading Into Parts Unknown, And Finding Herself As She Goes” (February 3, 2023) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pictoria-vark-parts-i-dread-1234666521/amp/
Chicago Tribune
Photography Published - “Go away with… Pictoria Vark” (January 30, 2024) https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/go-away-with-pictoria-vark-20240130-ktmopvc4qnbvxjppxami5jqeae-story.html
Dimensions Journal 35
“Ruralizing Suburbia” (p.162-169) - https://issuu.com/taubmancollege/docs/dimensions_35
The Architectural League of New York
“Shifting Ground: Empty / Full” https://archleague.org/article/empty-full/
SHEI Magazine
Print: “SHEI: Exhibition” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/w21print_issuu
Print: “SHEI: Epiphany” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/print_digital_pages_1
Print: “SHEI: Psyche” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/w20_web
Print: “SHEI: Future of Fashion” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/fall2019_print_web
Digital: “SHEI: Vol7. Issue 7” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/sheidigital-vol7.7-final-4.23
Digital: “SHEI: Vol7. Issue 6” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/vol7issu6
Digital: “SHEI: Vol7. Issue 5” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/vol7issu5_pages_1
Digital: “SHEI: Vol.7 Issue 4” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/sheidigital-vol7.4-final
Digital: “SHEI: Vol7. Issue 3” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/v7i3-final-12-6
Digital: “SHEI: Vol7. Issue 2” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/v7i2_20draft2
Digital: “SHEI: Vol.7 Issue 1” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/sheidigital-vol7-iss1
Digital: “SHEI: The Isolation Issue” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/quarantine_issue_pages_1
Street Style: “April 2019” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/streetstyleapril
Street Style: “March 2019” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/streetstylemarchv1
Street Style: “February 2019” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/streetstyledesignfebruary
Street Style: “January 2019” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/streetstyledesignjanuary
Street Style: “December 2018” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/streetstyledesigndecemberv2
Street Style: “November 2018” https://issuu.com/shei_magazine/docs/streetstyledesignv2
University of Michigan Arts & Culture
“Student Feature: Evan Parness on Architecture, Fashion, Music and his Intense Drive to Create” https://arts.umich.edu/news-features/student-feature-evan-parness-on-architecture-fashion-music-and-his-intense-drive-to-create/
Routledge Press
“Manhattan's Public Spaces: Production, Revitalization, Commodification” by Ana Morcillo Pallares, Drawings by Evan Parness & Eduardo Mediero
https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/manhattans-public-spaces-ana-morcillo-pallares
Groundcover News
July 2020 Front Cover: https://groundcovernews.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/gcn-july-2020-.pdf
Helicon Haus
Issue #6: https://www.heliconhaus.com/publications/issue6
New York Says Thank You Documentary Film
Premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival: https://newyorksaysthankyou.org/about-us/the-film/
